‘Shoctober’ bid by North West Ambulance Service to find hidden defibrillators

Life-saving defibrillators are being hunted down as North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) launches the second year of ‘Shoctober’.
The month of October has again been taken over by ‘Shoctober’ as NWAS asks people to #FindTheDefib and tweet their selfies in order to help find the estimated thousands of life-saving machines that have been bought with good intentions but aren’t registered with the Trust.
It’s essential for ambulance services to be aware of the locations of all public defibrillators (AEDs) in their area in order for Emergency Medical Dispatchers to direct 999 callers to... read more

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